List of tributaries of the Columbia River
Tributaries and sub-tributaries are hierarchically listed in order from the mouth of the Columbia River upstream. Major dams and reservoir lakes are also noted.
Major and minor tributaries
- Wallacut River (Washington)
- Chinook River (Washington)
- Alder Creek (Oregon)
- Tansy Creek (Oregon)
- Skipanon River (Oregon)
- Youngs River (Oregon)
- Lewis and Clark River (Oregon)
- Wallooskee River (Oregon)
- Klaskanine River (Oregon)
- Frank Born Creek (Washington)
- Sisson Creek (Washington)
- Deep River (Washington)
- Grays River (Washington)
- Crooked Creek (Washington)
- Elochoman River (Washington)
- John Day River (Oregon)
- Eskeline Creek (Oregon)
- Hillcrest Creek (Oregon)
- Big Creek (Oregon)
- Little Creek (Oregon)
- Gnat Creek (Oregon)
- Kelly Creek (Oregon)
- Spear Creek (Oregon)
- Hunt Creek (Oregon)
- Westport Slough (Oregon)
- Driscoll Slough (Oregon)
- Westport Slough (Oregon)
- Tandy Creek (Oregon)
- Eilertsen Creek (Oregon)
- Olsen Creek (Oregon)
- Ross Creek (Oregon)
- West Creek (Oregon)
- Plympton Creek (Oregon)
- Clatskanie River (Oregon)
- Coal Creek Slough (Washington)
- Cougar Creek (Washington)
- Abe Creek (Washington)
- Mill Creek (Washington)
- Abernathy Creek (Washington)
- Germany Creek (Washington)
- Coal Creek Slough (Washington)
- Cowlitz River (Washington)
- Coweeman River (Washington)
- Toutle River (Washington)
- Mayfield Dam and Lake Mayfield (Washington)
- Tilton River (Washington)
- Mossyrock Dam and Riffe Lake (Washington)
- Cowlitz Falls Dam and Lake Scanewa (Washington)
- Cispus River (Washington)
- Muddy Fork (Washington)
- Clear Fork (Washington)
- Ohanapecosh River (Washington)
- Kalama River (Washington)
- Lewis River (Washington)
- East Fork Lewis River (Washington)
- Merwin Dam and Lake Merwin (Washington)
- Yale Dam and Yale Lake (Washington)
- Swift Dam and Swift Reservoir (Washington)
- Lake River (Washington)
- Buckmire Slough (Washington)
- Salmon Creek (Washington)
- Whipple Creek (Washington)
- Flume Creek (Washington)
- Bachelor Island Slough (Washington)
- Willamette River (Oregon; see below for sub-tributaries)
- Washougal River (Washington)
- Sandy River (Oregon)
- Bull Run River
- Salmon River (Oregon)
- Zigzag River (Oregon)
- Gibbons Creek (Washington)
- Crusher Creek (Oregon)
- Rainbow Creek (Oregon)
- Lawton Creek (Washington)
- Latourell Creek (Oregon)
- Young Creek (Oregon)
- Bridal Veil Creek (Oregon)
- Coopey Creek (Oregon)
- Dalton Creek (Oregon)
- Mist Creek (Oregon)
- Wahkeena Creek (Oregon)
- Multnomah Creek (Oregon)
- Good Bear Creek (Washington)
- Archer Creek (Washington)
- Indian Mary Creek (Washington)
- Oneonta Creek (Oregon)
- Horsetail Creek (Oregon)
- Duncan Creek (Washington)
- Tumalt Creek (Oregon)
- Woodard Creek (Washington)
- Hardy Creek (Washington)
- McCord Creek (Oregon)
- Hamilton Creek (Washington)
- Metasequoia Creek (Oregon)
- Moffett Creek (Oregon)
- Tanner Creek (Oregon)
- Bonneville Dam and Lake Bonneville (Washington, Oregon)
- Eagle Creek (Oregon)
- Sorenson Creek
- Tish Creek
- Opal Creek (Oregon)
- Ruckel Creek (Oregon)
- Rudolph Creek (Oregon)
- Dry Creek (Oregon)
- Rock Creek (Washington)
- Kanaka Creek (Washington)
- Herman Creek (Oregon)
- Nelson Creek (Washington)
- Carson Creek (Washington)
- Grays Creek (Oregon)
- Wind River (Washington)
- Gorton Creek (Oregon)
- Harphan Creek (Oregon)
- Summit Creek (Oregon)
- Collins Creek (Washington)
- Lindsey Creek (Oregon)
- Wonder Creek (Oregon)
- Warren Creek (Oregon)
- Cabin Creek (Oregon)
- Starvation Creek (Oregon)
- Dog Creek (Washington)
- Viento Creek (Oregon)
- Perham Creek (Oregon)
- Little White Salmon River (Washington)
- Phelps Creek (Oregon)
- White Salmon River (Washington)
- Henderson Creek (Oregon)
- Hood River (Oregon)
- Dry Creek (Washington)
- Jewett Creek (Washington)
- Mosier Creek (Oregon)
- Catherine Creek (Washington)
- Major Creek (Washington)
- Rowena Creek (Oregon)
- Klickitat River (Washington)
- Gooseberry Creek (Oregon)
- Chenoweth Creek (Oregon)
- Mill Creek (Oregon)
- Fifteenmile Creek (Oregon)
- The Dalles Dam and Lake Celilo (Washington, Oregon)
- Deschutes River (Oregon)
- White River (Oregon)
- Warm Springs River (Oregon)
- Round Butte Dam and Lake Billy Chinook (Oregon)
- Crooked River (Oregon)
- Arthur R. Bowman Dam and Prineville Reservoir (Oregon)
- Metolius River (Oregon)
- Whychus Creek (Oregon)
- Tumalo Creek (Oregon)
- Spring River (Oregon)
- Little Deschutes River (Oregon)
- Fall River (Oregon)
- Cultus River (Oregon)
- Snow Creek (Oregon)
- John Day Dam and Lake Umatilla (Washington, Oregon)
- John Day River (Oregon)
- Willow Creek (Oregon)
- Umatilla River (Oregon)
- McNary Dam and Lake Wallula (Washington, Oregon)
- Walla Walla River (Washington, Oregon)
- Touchet River (Washington)
- Snake River (Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming; see below for sub-tributaries)
- Yakima River (Washington; see below for sub-tributaries)
- Priest Rapids Dam (Washington) and Priest Rapids Lake (Washington)
- Crab Creek (Washington)
- Wanapum Dam (Washington) and Lake Wanapum (Washington)
- Rock Island Dam (Washington) and Rock Island Pool (Washington)
- Wenatchee River (Washington)
- Rocky Reach Dam and Lake Entiat (Washington)
- Entiat River (Washington)
- Mad River (Washington)
- Chelan River (and Lake Chelan) (Washington)
- Stehekin River (Washington)
- Wells Dam and Lake Pateros (Washington)
- Methow River (Washington)
- Twisp River (Washington)
- Okanogan River (Washington, British Columbia)
- Similkameen River (British Columbia, Washington)
- Tulameen River (British Columbia)
- Pasayten River (British Columbia, Washington)
- Okanagan Lake (British Columbia)
- Similkameen River (British Columbia, Washington)
- Chief Joseph Dam and Rufus Woods Lake (Washington)
- Nespelem River (Washington)
- Grand Coulee Dam and Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake (Washington)
- Sanpoil River (Washington)
- Spokane River (Washington, Idaho)
- Spokane Falls (Washington)
- Little Spokane River (Washington)
- Latah Creek (Washington and Idaho)
- Lake Coeur d'Alene (Idaho)
- Coeur d'Alene River (Idaho)
- Saint Joe River (Idaho)
- Saint Maries River (Idaho)
- Colville River (Washington)
- Kettle River (Washington, British Columbia)
- Granby River (British Columbia)
- West Kettle River (British Columbia)
- Pend Oreille River (British Columbia, Washington, Idaho; see below for sub-tributaries)
- Kootenay River (British Columbia, Idaho, Montana; see below for sub-tributaries)
- Hugh Keenleyside Dam and Arrow Lakes (British Columbia)
- Whatshan River (British Columbia)
- Whatshan Dam (British Columbia)
- Beaton Creek (British Columbia)
- Incomappleux River (British Columbia)
- Illecillewaet River (British Columbia)
- Revelstoke Dam and Revelstoke Lake (British Columbia)
- Goldstream River (British Columbia)
- Mica Dam and Kinbasket Lake (British Columbia)
- Canoe River (British Columbia)
- Wood River (British Columbia)
- Bush River (British Columbia)
- Valenciennes River (British Columbia)
- Blaeberry River (British Columbia)
- Beaver River (British Columbia)
- Kicking Horse River (British Columbia)
- Yoho River (British Columbia)
- Spillimacheen River (British Columbia)
- Templeton River
- Columbia Lake (British Columbia)
Willamette River system
- Multnomah Channel (Oregon)
- Johnson Creek (Oregon)
- Clackamas River (Oregon)
- Collawash River (Oregon)
- Tualatin River (Oregon)
- Molalla River (Oregon)
- Pudding River (Oregon)
- Yamhill River (Oregon)
- North Yamhill River (Oregon)
- South Yamhill River (Oregon)
- Luckiamute River (Oregon)
- Santiam River (Oregon)
- North Santiam River (Oregon)
- Detroit Dam and Detroit Lake (Oregon)
- Breitenbush River (Oregon)
- South Santiam River (Oregon)
- Middle Santiam River (Oregon)
- Calapooia River (Oregon)
- Marys River (Oregon)
- Long Tom River (Oregon)
- McKenzie River (Oregon)
- Mohawk River (Oregon)
- Cougar Dam and Cougar Reservoir (Oregon)
- Coast Fork Willamette River (Oregon)
- Big River (Oregon)
- Middle Fork Willamette River (Oregon)
- Lookout Point Dam and Lookout Point Lake (Oregon)
- North Fork Middle Fork Willamette River (Oregon)
Snake River system
- Ice Harbor Dam and Lake Sacajawea (Washington)
- Lower Monumental Dam and Lake Herbert G. West (Washington)
- Palouse River (Washington, Idaho)
- Tucannon River (Washington)
- Little Goose Dam and Lake Bryan (Washington)
- Lower Granite Dam (Washington)
- Clearwater River (Idaho)
- Potlatch River (Idaho)
- North Fork Clearwater River (Idaho)
- Middle Fork Clearwater River (Idaho)
- South Fork Clearwater River (Idaho)
- Grande Ronde River (Washington, Oregon)
- Wallowa River (Oregon)
- Lostine River (Oregon)
- Minam River (Oregon)
- Wallowa River (Oregon)
- Salmon River (Idaho)
- Imnaha River (Oregon)
- Hells Canyon Dam (Idaho, Oregon)
- Oxbow Dam (Idaho, Oregon)
- Brownlee Dam (Idaho, Oregon)
- Powder River (Oregon)
- Weiser River (Idaho)
- Burnt River (Oregon)
- Payette River (Idaho)
- Malheur River (Oregon)
- Owyhee River (Oregon, Idaho, Nevada)
- Owyhee Dam and Owyhee Reservoir (Oregon)
- Boise River (Idaho)
- Lucky Peak Dam and Lucky Peak Lake (Idaho)
- Arrowrock Dam and Arrowrock Reservoir (Idaho)
- Anderson Ranch Dam and Anderson Ranch Reservoir (Idaho)
- Swan Falls Dam (Idaho)
- C. J. Strike Dam (Idaho)
- Bruneau River (Idaho)
- Bliss Dam (Idaho)
- Malad River (Idaho)
- Lower Salmon Dam (Idaho)
- Upper Salmon Dam (Idaho)
- Salmon Falls Creek (Idaho and Nevada)
- Shoshone Falls (Idaho)
- Milner Dam (Idaho)
- Minidoka Dam and Lake Walcott (Idaho)
- Raft River (Idaho, Utah)
- American Falls Dam (Idaho)
- Portneuf River (Idaho)
- Blackfoot River (Idaho)
- Gem State Dam (Idaho)
- Henrys Fork (Idaho)
- Teton River (Idaho)
- Palisades Dam (Idaho)
- Salt River (Wyoming)
- Greys River (Wyoming)
- Gros Ventre River (Wyoming)
- Jackson Lake Dam and Jackson Lake (Wyoming)
- "Closed basin" rivers that drain to the Snake underground:
- Big Lost River (Idaho)
- Little Lost River (Idaho)
Yakima River system
- Amon Creek (Washington)
- Naches River (Washington)
- Tieton River (Washington)
- Tieton Dam and Rimrock Lake (Washington)
- Bumping River (Washington)
- American River (Washington)
- Tieton River (Washington)
- Wenas Creek (Washington)
- Selah Creek (Washington)
- Teanaway River (Washington)
- Cle Elum River (Washington)
- Kachess River (Washington)
- Kachess Lake (Washington)
- Keechelus Lake (Washington)
Pend Oreille River system
- Waneta Dam (British Columbia)
- Seven Mile Dam (British Columbia)
- Salmo River (British Columbia)
- Boundary Dam (Washington)
- Box Canyon Dam (Washington) (Washington)
- Albeni Falls Dam (Idaho)
- Priest River (Idaho)
- Lake Pend Oreille (Idaho)
- Pack River (Idaho)
- Clark Fork (Idaho, Montana)
- Cabinet Gorge Dam (Idaho)
- Noxon Rapids Dam (Montana)
- Thompson River (Montana)
- Vermilion River (Montana)
- Flathead River (Montana, British Columbia)
- Jocko River (Montana)
- Kerr Dam (Montana)
- Flathead Lake (Montana)
- Swan River (Montana)
- Whitefish River (Montana)
- Stillwater River (Montana)
- South Fork Flathead River (Montana)
- Hungry Horse Dam (Montana)
- North Fork Flathead River (Montana, British Columbia)
- Bitterroot River (Montana)
- Blackfoot River (Montana)
- Little Blackfoot River (Montana)
Kootenay River system
- Brilliant Dam (British Columbia)
- Slocan River (British Columbia)
- Corra Linn Dam (British Columbia)
- Kootenay Lake (British Columbia)
- Duncan River (British Columbia)
- Duncan Dam (British Columbia)
- Goat River (British Columbia)
- Moyie River (Idaho, British Columbia)
- Yaak River (Montana, Yahk River in British Columbia)
- Fisher River (Montana)
- Libby Dam (Montana) and Lake Koocanusa (Montana, British Columbia)
- Elk River (British Columbia)
- Wigwam River (British Columbia, Montana)
- Coal Creek (British Columbia)
- Fording River (British Columbia)
- Bull River (British Columbia)
- Wild Horse River (British Columbia)
- St. Mary River (British Columbia)
- Lussier River (British Columbia)
- Palliser River (British Columbia)
- Cross River (British Columbia)
- Vermilion River (British Columbia)